Spirit Lake Tribe is taking steps to fill a shortage of police officers on the reservation. Chairwoman Lonna Street says the ...

FORT TOTTEN, N.D. (KFGO KVRR) – The Spirit Lake Tribe in northeastern North Dakota is taking steps to fill a shortage of police officer positions on the reservation.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has only four patrol officers out of the 17 it is authorized to have. Those four officers cover ...

The Spirit Lake Tribe’s police force, which falls under the authority of the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), is seeking to fill vital positions to better serve the expansive ...

A spokesperson for the tribe said they currently have four of 17 positions filled, and candidates have had to wait years for ...

I would say pretty close to 24-7 that one of our staffing is available to assist someone,” said Sheyenne Bustos, an evaluator at the Spirit Lake Health Clinic. The Tribal Council is planning ...